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US 9,807,254 B2Granted
System, apparatus and method configured to detect, analyze and/or report impact to output device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTom Haapanen
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided to allow for detection of an impact to an output apparatus. Such impact may be caused by a sudden force applied to one or more points on the apparatus housing or another part of the apparatus accessible from outside the apparatus housing. An impact detector outputs to an apparatus controller an impact report including impact time and impact data corresponding to the detected impact event.
Claims10
An output apparatus that includes a printer engine to form an image on a recording medium, the output apparatus further comprising:
- an apparatus controller to control operation of the output apparatus;
- and
- one or more impact detectors disposed within or on an apparatus housing to detect an impact event that meets a minimum impact criteria,
- each impact detector amongst the impact detectors including:
- a real-time clock to maintain current date and current time;
- and
- an acceleration detection unit to detect change in acceleration of the impact detector caused by sudden force applied to one or more points on the apparatus housing or on another part of the apparatus accessible from outside of the apparatus housing, wherein
- the minimum impact criteria includes a specified amount of acceleration change over a predetermined amount of time, and
- the impact detector outputs to the apparatus controller an impact report including impact time and impact data corresponding to the detected impact event.
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